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William Scott’s family slam ‘rip off’ insurance company over funeral payout

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A top economist has called for Edinburgh to double its population in 25 years. Picture: SWNS

Edinburgh should double population in 25 years, says top economist

Politics

Contactless payments launched on Lothian Buses Skylink services

Transport

The bomb disposal squad arrive at the site of the discovery. Picture: Contributed

Bomb squad rush to Edinburgh’s St James Centre after wall decoration mistaken for ammunition

Transport

Kaiam crisis: Bosses allowed Livingston staff to keep working despite pay fears

Business

Four men charged after rogue trader incidents in Livingston

Crime

Drastic cuts on way in Edinburgh as council struggles to balance books

Politics

Final goodbye to Port Seton grandad killed in minibus horror smash

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Emirates Airlines is on the hunt for Scottish candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. Picture: John Devlin.

Emirates to hold cabin crew recruitment day in Edinburgh

Transport

Susan Morrison: Don’t get back on the resolutions treadmill
Susan Morrison

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Amanda Cox was found in a rarely used stairwell at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary.

Amanda Cox: Gofundme for tragic mum raises more than £8000 in a day

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An albino squirrel captured on camera earlier in the year. Picture: SWNS

‘Heartbreak’ as rare albino squirrel killed on Scottish road

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More than 11,000 sign Hearts fan’s petition against semi-final debacle

Hearts

Jack used a handcycle to get around after his surgery

Jack all set to pedal through Perthes

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Nicola Reynolds will run for the Sands charity

Baby Ramsay spurs Nicola Reynolds on for Sands

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Emma Jayne Park in It's Not Over Yet, the show about her cancer battle that she never thought she would make

Dancer puts cancer battle centre stage at Edinburgh Fringe

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Micah Stanbridge with his mother Sheena, who received a bone marrow transplant thanks to the Anthony Nolan Trust

Cyclist crosses America for charity that saved mum’s life

Health

House prices in Edinburgh and Lothians soar again during summer

Edinburgh

Music fans descend on Linlithgow for a host of top acts

Entertainment

Nicola helps mums get their groove on

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No rest Ronald McDonald House PJ charity fundraisers

Edinburgh

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William Scott. Picture: Contributed

William Scott’s family slam ‘rip off’ insurance company over funeral payout

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The incidents took place on Northpark Place in Livingston

Four men charged after rogue trader incidents in Livingston

Crime

Emergency services, including police, amublance and bomb disposal squad are in attendance. Picture: Contributed

LIVE updates: Bomb disposal units rush to new St James site

Transport

Scottish OAP tried to murder daughter’s ex in surprise axe attack

Crime

Teen charged after car allegedly stolen from Aberdeen street found in Edinburgh

Crime

Man charged after 88-year-old woman robbed in own home

Crime

Scottish public warned to stay away from missing prisoner

Crime

Software engineer jailed after trying to buy gun from US dark web

Crime

Transport More Transport >>

The bomb disposal squad arrive at the site of the discovery. Picture: Contributed

Bomb squad rush to Edinburgh’s St James Centre after wall decoration mistaken for ammunition

Transport

Contactless payments launched on Lothian Buses Skylink services

Transport

Emergency services, including police, amublance and bomb disposal squad are in attendance. Picture: Contributed

Historic ammunition discovered at St James Centre site: What we know so far

Transport

Emergency services, including police, amublance and bomb disposal squad are in attendance. Picture: Contributed

LIVE updates: Bomb disposal units rush to new St James site

Transport

A contactless mobile phone payment

New £500,000 grant to help bus companies accept contactless payments

Transport

Emirates Airlines is on the hunt for Scottish candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. Picture: John Devlin.

Emirates to hold cabin crew recruitment day in Edinburgh

Transport

Accident causes heavy delays on A1 and City Bypass

Transport

School traffic ban could be rolled out across Midlothian

Transport

Edinburgh Airport records busiest year yet

Transport

Edinburgh Waverley Station staff to strike in accommodation row

Transport

Taxi boss slams city council’s strategy for electric vehicle chargers

Transport

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Nurseries across the Capital could lose all their qualified teachers under council plans to save �1.5m a year.

Nursery teachers could face axe in Edinburgh council budget cuts

Education

EIS general secretart Larry Flanagan.''Picture: EIS/ Alan Richardson

Scotland’s largest teaching union recommends ballot over strikes

Education

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of teachers who specialised in additional support needs in primary schools dropped from 112 to 62.

Lothian pupils with additional needs not getting the support required, claim Tories

Education

John Swinney, Deputy First Minister of Scotland. Picture: John Devlin.

John Swinney ‘should say sorry for fabricating support for P1 testing’

Politics

Top composer calls for music tuition to be given protected status in Scotland’s schools

Politics

Tech-loving Liana gets Amazon bursary boost

Education

Memorial to tragic tot could move to make way for new Craigmillar school

Education

East Lothian school term dates: the full 2019/2020 list for your calendar

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Linda Halliday, 35, who has been chosen to help launch World Cancer Day in Scotland. Pic: Lesley Martin

Young Livingston mum to front health campaign after US cancer treatment

Health

Life-extending breast cancer drug approved for use in Scotland

Life-extending breast cancer drug approved for use in Scotland

Health

Rapper Professor Green will speak at the Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival. Picture: BBC

Professor Green among guests to appear at Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival

Entertainment

Stephen Ritchie discusses the effect of his treatment. Picture: Neil Hanna

Drugs trial offers new hope for Edinburgh MS sufferer

Health

St Johns Road in Edinburgh has high levels of air polution caused by traffic. Picture: Steven Scott Taylor

Air pollution exposure linked to increased risk of miscarriage, study suggests

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Kevin Chalmers was representing Destiny Angels and was delighted to collect their share of the donations.'' Pic: Neil Hanna Photography

Edinburgh public and businesses donate warm clothing to city’s homeless

News

Gym equipment. Pic: Shutterstock

Here are 5 gyms in Edinburgh to join for the New Year fitness kick

News

Giant pandas get £1m new home as part of Corstorphine hospital flats deal

Health

Edinburgh Napier research unveils care workers living unhealthily

News

Scottish mother wants ‘stronger’ cannabis oil for her son

Health

Fitting new spot for donated defib at former city vet school

Health

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Gordon MacDonald: Budget benefit for Edinburgh and Scotland

Opinion

Labour's Yvette Cooper is forcing government to report back on Brexit within three days.''Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Kezia Dugdale: Two votes in one day could break deadlock

Opinion

Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond in happier times. Picture: Michal Wachucik/AFP/Getty Images

Ian Swanson: SNP infighting distracts it from battle against Brexit

Opinion

Edinburgh residents have endured a sharp decline in refuse collection service levels since Octobe. Picture: Jane Barlow

Nick Cook: A rubbish service that’s more than ripe for reform

Opinion

Garry Clark: Tourist tax poses a threat to Edinburgh’s small businesses

Opinion

Helen Martin: Is it already too late to beat the tourist trap?

Opinion

Kevin Buckle: Meet the mole that could dig our city out of a hole

Opinion

Edinburgh isn’t being split up into ghettos – John McLellan

Opinion

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Prime Minister Theresa May listens to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after losing a vote on her Brexit deal. Picture: House of Commons/PA Wire

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffers worst defeat in British political history

Politics

Prime Minister Theresa May speaks after losing a vote on her Brexit deal. Picture: Commons/PA Wire

Brexit vote RECAP: MPs vote down Theresa May’s deal

Politics

Kaiam tech firm in West Lothian. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Kaiam crisis: Bosses allowed Livingston staff to keep working despite pay fears

Business

Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: TSPL

Nicola Sturgeon’s chief of staff ‘suspected Alex Salmond complaint before meeting’

Politics

Labour's Yvette Cooper is forcing government to report back on Brexit within three days.''Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Kezia Dugdale: Two votes in one day could break deadlock

Opinion

Theresa May is set for a crushing defeat.

Theresa May set for massive defeat on her Brexit deal

Politics

A top economist has called for Edinburgh to double its population in 25 years. Picture: SWNS

Edinburgh should double population in 25 years, says top economist

Politics

Police Scotland scraps plan to cut officer numbers amid Brexit security concerns

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon an ‘incredible leader’ claims Mary Queen of Scots star

Entertainment

Nicola Sturgeon faces second inquiry into botched Alex Salmond probe

Politics

Life-extending breast cancer drug approved for use in Scotland

Health

Entertainment More Entertainment >>

A depiction of a MacDonald of Keppoch, the clan which won the Battle of Mulroy after taking on its ancient Mackintosh foes. PIC: Contributed.

The last battle fought by Scotland’s clans

Entertainment

Detail from The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots, by Gavin Hamilton. The painting was the inspiration for the major research project. PIC: Glasgow University/Hunterian Art Gallery.

Mary Queen of Scots: academics to study our fascination with the doomed queen

Entertainment

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Saoirse Ronan dance with the band as they attend the Scotland premiere of Mary Queen of Scots. Picture: Getty Images

Watch: Nicola Sturgeon and Saoirse Ronan dance with pipe and drums band at Edinburgh Castle

Entertainment

Business More Business >>

Kaiam tech firm in West Lothian. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Kaiam crisis: Bosses allowed Livingston staff to keep working despite pay fears

Business

A contactless mobile phone payment

New £500,000 grant to help bus companies accept contactless payments

Transport

Emirates Airlines is on the hunt for Scottish candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. Picture: John Devlin.

Emirates to hold cabin crew recruitment day in Edinburgh

Transport

Scene setters of parking restrictions at King's Park Primary in Dalkeith from Croft Street

School traffic ban could be rolled out across Midlothian

Transport